§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what reports she has received from the advisory committee on dangerous pathogens concerning Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; and if she will place these in the Library;
(2) what precautions have been introduced for laboratory staff who may be handling materials contaminated with the agents causing (a) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and (b) bovine spongiform encephalopathy;
(3) what guidance she has received from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; when that guidance was received; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleSpecific guidance from the advisory committee on dangerous pathogens will be available shortly.